Table 1.

Physical characteristics at baseline, after the 6-month interventions, and at 12 months.

			Baseline			6 Months			12 Months			Group × Time	Overall Group	Overall Time	6 vs. 0	12 vs. 6	12 vs. 0
		N	mean±SEM			mean±SEM			mean±SEM			P-value	P-value	P-value	P-value	P-value	P-value
Weight (kg)	WL	35	88	±	3	80	±	2	82	±	3	0.98	0.17	0.000	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	AEX+WL	30	83	±	3	75	±	2	77	±	3
BMI (kg/m2)	WL	35	33.2	±	0.9	30.3	±	0.9	31.0	±	0.9	0.96	0.23	0.000	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	AEX+WL	30	31.7	±	1.0	28.8	±	0.9	29.4	±	1.0
Total body fat (%)	WL	28	47.1	±	0.8	43.8	±	1.2	45.0	±	1.1	0.39	0.61	0.000	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	AEX+WL	23	47.1	±	1.0	42.7	±	1.3	43.8	±	1.3
Fat mass (kg)	WL	28	41.1	±	1.9	35.4	±	2.0	36.4	±	2.0	0.39	0.67	0.000	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	AEX+WL	23	40.3	±	2.1	33.5	±	2.2	35.2	±	2.3
FFM (kg)	WL	28	45.3	±	1.2	43.8	±	1.1	43.4	±	1.2	0.13	0.78	0.000	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	AEX+WL	23	44.4	±	1.4	43.2	±	1.2	43.5	±	1.3
Mid-thigh muscle area (cm2)	WL	27	72.4	±	2.8	69.9	±	2.8	70.0	±	3.0	0.001	0.38	0.43	0.08	0.93	0.20
	AEX+WL	20	71.1	±	2.8	76.2	±	2.7*	75.7	±	3.3				<0.01	0.99	<0.05
Mid-thigh subcutaneous fat area (cm2)	WL	27	157.0	±	8.9	131.5	±	8.3	139.1	±	8.1	0.54	0.78	0.000	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	AEX+WL	20	150.2	±	11.0	131.0	±	10.1	135.6	±	11.0
Mid-thigh intramuscular fat area (cm2)	WL	27	20.1	±	1.5	19.4	±	1.7	20.9	±	1.9	0.12	0.76	0.56	0.81	1.0	1.0
	AEX+WL	20	20.1	±	1.4	19.6	±	1.5	18.6	±	1.5
RMR (kcal/d)	WL	21	1472	±	53	1388	±	59	1446	±	52	0.94	0.75	0.03	<0.01	<0.05	0.41
	AEX+WL	17	1447	±	59	1355	±	66	1433	±	57
VO2max (L/min)	WL	12	1.52	±	0.10	1.44	±	0.06	1.38	±	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.14	0.29	0.09
	AEX+WL	17	1.80	±	0.11*	1.95	±	0.15†	1.65	±	0.08*				<0.05	<0.01	<0.05

^*P<0.05,

^†P<0.001,

AEX+WL vs WL